Ernie Hood is Vice President and CIO, Group Health Cooperative, one of the nations largest consumer-governed health care systems. He has been in information services for over 25 years and the healthcare industry for 18 years. In his role as CIO, he works to implement leading edge-technology that is seamlessly integrated with the work and goals of the organization. Group Health is well known for one shining example of this approach, it's leading edge patient portal. MyGroupHealth, which was one of the first to enable patients to email their doctor and get their lab tests online.